Aaron

See also Aäron

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Hebrew אהרן (Ahărōn), of unknown meaning, possibly meaning "bearer of martyrs", or perhaps also, or instead, related to the Ancient Egyptian "aha rw" ("warrior lion"), though it has been suggested to also mean "elevated", "exalted" or "high mountain", or "woe to this pregnancy".

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈæɹən/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈæɹən/, IPA: /ˈɛəɹən/
• Rhymes: -ærən, -ɛərən

Proper noun

Aaron

1. (Judaism & Christianity) The elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Exodus 4:14:

     And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well.

2. A male given name.
   • 1969 Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint, Random House, 2002, page 145:

     - - - the Junior Prom with boys whose names are right out of the grade-school reader, not Aaron and Arnold and Marvin, but Johnny and Billy and Jimmy and Tod. Not Portnoy or Pincus, but Smith and Jones and Brown!

Usage notes

The given name was exclusively Jewish in the Middle Ages, taken up by Gentiles in the 17th century, and popular among both in the end of the 20th century.

Derived terms

• Aaron's rod

Related terms

• (nonstandard spellings of given name) Aaren, Aron, Arron

Translations

biblical brother of Moses

Armenian: Ահարոն (hy) (Aharon) Chinese: 亚伦 (ya4-lun2) Danish: Aron (da) Estonian: Aaron (et) Finnish: Aaron (fi) French: Aaron (fr) German: Aaron (de)

Greek: Ancient: Ἀαρών (Aarōn) m. Irish: Árón (ga) m. Maltese: Aron (mt) m. Norwegian: Aron (no) Spanish: Aarón (es) Swedish: Aron (sv)

male given name

Arabic: هارون (ar) (hărūn) Armenian: Ահարոն (hy) (Aharon) Catalan: Aaró Chinese: 亚伦 (ya4-lun2) Danish: Aron (da) Dutch: Aäron (nl) Estonian: Aaron (et) Finnish: Aaro (fi) French: Aaron (fr) Galician: Aarón German: Aaron (de) Greek: Ααρών (el) (Aarón) Hawaiian: ʻĀʻālona Hebrew: אַהֲרֹן (’Ahărōn)

Hungarian: Áron (hu) Indonesian: Harun (id) Irish: Árón, Aaron Italian: Aronne (it) Latin: Aaron (la) Lithuanian: Aronas (lt) m. Maltese: Aronn Norwegian: Aron (no) Polish: Aaron (pl) Portuguese: Aarão (pt) Russian: Аарон (ru) (Aarón) Spanish: Aarón (es) Swedish: Aron (sv) Turkish: Harun (tr)

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Catalan

Alternative forms

• Aaró

Proper noun

Aaron m. 

1. A male given name, cognate to Aaron.

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Estonian

Proper noun

Aaron

1. (biblical) Aaron
2. A male given name of biblical origin.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈɑːron]
• Hyphenation: Aa‧ron

Proper noun

Aaron

1. (biblical) Aaron.
2. A male given name.

Declension

Declension of Aaron (type risti) singular plural nominative Aaron Aaronit genitive Aaronin Aaronien partitive Aaronia Aaroneja accusative Aaron Aaronin Aaronit inessive Aaronissa Aaroneissa elative Aaronista Aaroneista illative Aaroniin Aaroneihin adessive Aaronilla Aaroneilla ablative Aaronilta Aaroneilta allative Aaronille Aaroneille essive Aaronina Aaroneina translative Aaroniksi Aaroneiksi instructive – Aaronein abessive Aaronitta Aaroneitta comitative – Aaroneineen

Proper noun

Aaron

1. Genitive singular form of Aaro.

Anagrams

• Aarno, arona, oraan, orana

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French

Proper noun

Aaron

1. (biblical) Aaron.
2. A male given name.

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʔaːʀɔn/

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Proper noun

Aaron

1. (biblical) Aaron.
2. A male given name.

Related terms

• Aron